Published on June 13, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Bruno Sturlese, the prosecutor in the Paris trial of six Somalis charged with holding crew of a luxury sailing ship hostage in the Gulf of Aden in 2008, has called for sentences of up to 15 years. French prosecutor seeks jail for six Somalis […]
PARIS, June 12 – The prosecutor in the Paris trial of six Somalis charged with holding crew of a luxury sailing ship hostage in the Gulf of Aden in 2008 on Monday called for sentences of up to 15 years. “These six men you are going to judge … seriously endangered French lives,” prosecutor […]
PRESS RELEASE| Puntland Government forces conducted a robust anti-piracy campaign between 6 May 2012 and 8 June 2012 and have achieved tangible success in anti-piracy operations along coastal towns in Bari, Karkar and Nugal regions of Puntland State of Somalia. In recent weeks, Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMFP) units have been deployed in the coastal towns of […]
Showdown Between Hijackers of the Smyrni Tanker and Puntland-based Forces By ROBERT YOUNG PELTON, JD Reports are coming in of an attack on the MT Smyrni. It is not clear which group attacked the pirates holding the massive oil tanker. At about 10:30 am local time the Puntland Marine Police Force (PMPF) came closer to […]
Prior to 1990 piracy was not a major concern in Somali. However, it cost between $6.6 and $6.9 billion in 2011, according to a recent study. The international community has undertaken an array of efforts to prevent and deter pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast. A number of countries also run their own anti-piracy operations in […]
Published on May 31, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Several suspected pirates, including a heavily armed gang accused of holding a Danish family hostage last year, have arrested by police in Somalia’s northern Puntland region. Somali forces storm suspected pirate baseBy Abdulkadir Khalif, The Nation Police in Somalia’s northern Puntland region have arrested several […]
Afshan Ahmed DUBAI // A relative of one of the sailors on board the hijacked cargo ship MV Albedo is worried that a US$2.8million ransom may not have reached the pirates. Fathima Farhana, daughter of the ship’s second engineer Mohammed Bisthamy, said she had recently been contacted by her father, one of the ship’s crew, […]
Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Even though the activity of the Somali pirates is on the increase, they came up ideas to launder the illegal money they solicit as a ransom from sea vessels and foreigners they abduct. There are beautiful buildings in Nairobi and Dubai, better known as pirate’s buildings, belonging to the pirates. Besides that, they […]
EDITORIAL European Union forces last week made the first ever raid on one of the inland bases of Somali pirates who have recently stepped up their banditry on the high seas of the Indian Ocean. This looks like the first attempt at pursuing the pirates to one of their hideouts near the port of Haradhere. […]
Six Somalis go on trial in a Paris court on Tuesday charged with taking the 30 crew of luxury sailing ship Le Ponant hostage in the, pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008. The six men, aged 25 to 50, face life in prison if convicted of kidnapping and theft as part of […]